The Identity of the Criminal as an Element of the Criminalistic Characteristics of Crimes Against Life and Health

The article examines the data on the identity of the culprit identified on representative statistical material, which can become significant evidence of the causal relationship of certain personality traits with the mechanism of trace formation to be investigated during the disclosure and investigation of crimes against the person. The purpose of the study is to carry out an analysis and determine on its basis the most important elements of the personality of a criminal who encroaches on life and health, knowledge of the typical qualities of whom are necessary in the process of formation a methodology for investigating crimes of the corresponding group.

Based on the analysis of statistical data on crimes against life and health, a typical socio-demographic portrait of the guilty person is proposed, which determines the direction of further improvement of tactical and forensic recommendations and the content of the algorithm for investigating crimes of this category.